Football NSAA Football 2026 & 2027 District Assignments

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The NSAA has now released the district assignments for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.

NSAA Home

(Class A not yet released)

CLASS B

B-1
Elkhorn
Gretna East
Omaha Gross
Omaha Skutt
Plattsmouth
Ralston

B-2
Gretna
Lincoln Pius X
Norris
Seward
Waverly
York

B-3
Aurora
Gering
Grand Island Northwest
Hastings
McCook
Scottsbluff

B-4
Beatrice
Blair
Crete
Lexington
Platteview

 

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CLASS C1

C1-1
Boys Town
Elkhorn Mt. Michael
Fort Calhoun
Omaha Concordia
Omaha Roncalli

C1-2
Arlington
Ashland-Greenwood
Douglas County West
Raymond Central
Wahoo

C1-3
Auburn
Lincoln Christian
Milford
Nebraska City
Syracuse

C1-4
Central City
Columbus Lakeview
O'Neill
Pierce
Wayne

C1-5
Adams Central
Broken Bow
Holdrege
Kearney Catholic
Minden

C1-6
Alliance
Chadron
Cozad
Ogallala
Sidney

 

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CLASS C2

C2-1
Fremont Bergan
Louisville
Omaha Brownell-Talbot
Palmyra
Wahoo Neumann
Yutan

C2-2
Doniphan-Trumbull
Fillmore Central
Hampton/Heartland
Lincoln Lutheran
Malcolm
Wilber-Clatonia

C2-3
Boone Central
Columbus Scotus
Logan View
North Bend
Schuyler
West Point-Beemer

C2-4
Battle Creek
Hartington Cedar Catholic
Norfolk Catholic
Plainview/Osmond
Summerland

C2-5
Gothenburg
Grand Island Central Catholic
Ord
St. Paul
Wood River

C2-6
Bridgeport
Chase County
Hershey
Mitchell
Valentine

 

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CLASS D1

D1-1
Fairbury
Falls City
Johnson County Central
Johnson-Brock
Thayer Central
Tri County

D1-2
Centennial
Conestoga
Elmwood-Murdock
Exeter-Milligan/Friend
Freeman
Sutton

D1-3
Cedar Bluffs
Cross County
David City
Nebraska Christian
Tekamah-Herman
Twin River

D1-4
Homer
Pender
Ponca
Stanton
Wakefield
Wisner-Pilger

D1-5
Atkinson West Holt
Crofton
Elkhorn Valley
Gordon-Rushville
Hartington-Newcastle
Lutheran High Northeast

D1-6
Arcadia/Loup City
Centura
Hastings St. Cecilia
Ravenna
Sandy Creek

D1-7
Alma
Amherst
Elm Creek
Gibbon
Kimball

 

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CLASS D2

D2-1
David City Aquinas
East Butler
Humphrey/Lindsay Academy
Nebraska City Lourdes
Omaha Christian
Shelby/Rising City

D2-2
Bancroft-Rosalie
Howells-Dodge
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Lyons-Decatur Northeast
Oakland-Craig
Tri County Northeast

D2-3
Ainsworth
Bloomfield
Creighton
Madison
Neligh-Oakdale
Niobrara/Verdigre

D2-4
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
Fullerton
Kenesaw
Newman Grove/St. Edward
Shelton
Superior

D2-5
Arapahoe
Bertrand
Franklin
Loomis
South Loup
Wilcox-Hildreth

D2-6
Hemingford
Hi-Line
Hitchcock County
Maywood/Hayes Center
North Platte St. Patrick's
Perkins County

 

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CLASS D3

D3-1
Deshler
Falls City Sacred Heart
Lawrence-Nelson
Osceola
Southern
Weeping Water

D3-2
Archangels Catholic
Clarkson
Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Leigh
Omaha Nation
Winside

D3-3
Boyd County
North Central
O'Neill St. Mary's
Randolph
Wausa
Wynot

D3-4
Burwell
Central Valley
Chambers/Wheeler Central
Elgin/Elgin Pope John
Palmer
Twin Loup

D3-5
Axtell
Blue Hill
Cambridge
Overton
Pleasanton
Southern Valley

D3-6
Anselmo-Merna
Brady
Maxwell
Mullen
Sandhills Valley
Sandhills/Thedford

D3-7
Bayard
Dundy County-Stratton
Hyannis
Sutherland
Wauneta-Palisade

 

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CLASS D6

D6-1
Diller-Odell
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Lewiston
Meridian
Pawnee City
Sterling

D6-2
Dorchester
McCool Junction
Mead
Nebraska Lutheran
Parkview Christian
Scribner-Snyder

D6-3
Giltner
Grand Island Lutheran
Harvard
High Plains
Red Cloud
Silver Lake

D6-4
Ansley/Litchfield
Elba
Riverside
Santee
Stuart

D6-5
Arthur County
Medicine Valley
Paxton
Southwest
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Wallace

D6-6
Banner County
Creek Valley
Garden County
Leyton
Potter-Dix
South Platte

D6-7
Cody-Kilgore
Crawford
Hay Springs
Minatare
Morrill
Sioux County

 

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A little driving here.....

D1-5
Atkinson West Holt
Crofton
Elkhorn Valley
Gordon-Rushville
Hartington-Newcastle
Lutheran High Northeast

 

[Husker7562]

Anyone know how the power points will work for playing up a class or two classes for 8-man

 

[dud3sw1thcl1pb0ards]

A little driving here.....

D1-5
Atkinson West Holt
Crofton
Elkhorn Valley
Gordon-Rushville
Hartington-Newcastle
Lutheran High Northeast

What district would you put them in instead or change schools around?

 

[o_killerbees02]

Anyone know how the power points will work for playing up a class or two classes for 8-man

Not certain, but I would guess +2 for one class up and +3 for two classes up.

 

[Alum-Ni]

What district would you put them in instead or change schools around?

No idea....not saying there needs to be a change. It's just a unique pairing.

 

[ftball95]

wish they would go away with districts and just let each team make their own schedule. The team my boy plays on has to travel almost 2 hours for most district games when there are over 16 teams within 60 minutes and 8 within 35 minutes LOL

 

[LooseCannon]

wish they would go away with districts and just let each team make their own schedule. The team my boy plays on has to travel almost 2 hours for most district games when there are over 16 teams within 60 minutes and 8 within 35 minutes LOL

That is why they won't ever do it. Who is lining up in C1 to play Wahoo? Same with Cedar or NC in C2.

 

[o_GI Husker]

That is why they won't ever do it. Who is lining up in C1 to play Wahoo? Same with Cedar or NC in C2.

Or doniphan trumbull refusing to play GICC in C2 like the last scheduling cycle. Wonder if that will happen again.

 

[o_GI Husker]

Or doniphan trumbull refusing to play GICC in C2 like the last scheduling cycle. Wonder if that will happen again.

Every school in GICC's district is further away from GICC than Doniphan (although Wood River is pretty close to the same distance).

 

[hailvictors2]

Every school in GICC's district is further away from GICC than Doniphan (although Wood River is pretty close to the same distance).

This happens frequently. This isn't exclusive to C2 or GICC

This district cycle Gretna is closer to every school in the eastern district than they are to any school in the central district where they are placed. That's class B.
In C1 Cozad is closer to Kearney Catholic, Holdrege, Broken Bow, Minden, and Adams Central than they are to anyone in their own district (Chadron, Alliance, Sidney, Ogallala)
In C2 Arlington is separated from Logan View and North Bend Central. Both are closer than any school in Arlington's district. Palmyra is closer to Lincoln Christian and Malcolm (not in their district) than they are to any team in their district.

Making districts isn't as easy as it looks. You can't just group a few teams that are close by into a district. If we did that we would have districts of 3, 4, 6, 8 teams.

 

[hailvictors2]

That is why they won't ever do it. Who is lining up in C1 to play Wahoo? Same with Cedar or NC in C2.

I'm a huge proponent of giving scheduling back to the schools. There is a reason teams don't want to play Millard South. They did that to themselves. They can find their own solution.

We have dynasties in other sports (Volleyball-PLV South, soccer-Skutt/Lexington are a few examples) and those schools seem to fill their schedules. If you are good and you treat people right teams will still play you.

 

[hailvictors2]

The NSAA has now released the district assignments for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.

NSAA Home

(Class A not yet released)

CLASS B

B-1
Elkhorn
Gretna East
Omaha Gross
Omaha Skutt
Plattsmouth
Ralston

B-2
Gretna
Lincoln Pius X
Norris
Seward
Waverly
York

B-3
Aurora
Gering
Grand Island Northwest
Hastings
McCook
Scottsbluff

B-4
Beatrice
Blair
Crete
Lexington
Platteview

Class A will not have districts this year. There will be 36 teams in A and they will be unofficially leveled into tiers. The goal is to keep tier 4 teams from having to play tier 1 teams. That's where we were seeing the forfeits. It was mandatory in-district games that weren't beneficial for either team.

 

[TedC53]

I'm a huge proponent of giving scheduling back to the schools. There is a reason teams don't want to play Millard South. They did that to themselves. They can find their own solution.

We have dynasties in other sports (Volleyball-PLV South, soccer-Skutt/Lexington are a few examples) and those schools seem to fill their schedules. If you are good and you treat people right teams will still play you.

Remember, the NSAA didn't take the schedules from the schools, the schools gave the schedules to the NSAA. That aside, the Class A change is a move back to schools taking more responsibility for their schedules (longer request lists) with an NSAA backstop to assure everyone a full schedule. We may see more movement that way in the next decade.

 

[hailvictors2]

Remember, the NSAA didn't take the schedules from the schools, the schools gave the schedules to the NSAA. That aside, the Class A change is a move back to schools taking more responsibility for their schedules (longer request lists) with an NSAA backstop to assure everyone a full schedule. We may see more movement that way in the next decade.

100% accurate.

 

[Sean Callahan]

How will the B-4 district be treated in power points and the playoffs as the "emerging team" district?

 

[hailvictors2]

How will the B-4 district be treated in power points and the playoffs as the "emerging team" district?

The power points are meaningless. The Emerging District champion will automatically qualify and is locked in as the 16 seed, regardless of record or performance out of district. The top 15 seeds will be filled with the traditional power point method by schools in the East-Central-West districts, which means 15 of 18 schools are going to qualify. As long as you don't get last in your district you are probably in.

Blair is the front runner to win the emerging district. What happens if they draw Elkhorn, Gross, GINW, York, and Norris in their 5 non-district games and they go 3-2 or 4-1 in those games, then run the table in the district. They are 7-2 or 8-1 with wins over a few teams that will be in the playoffs....but they will be stuck as the 16 seed. Doesn't make a lot of sense.

 

[GoBigBlob]

They’re in the emerging district for a reason… That’s where they want to be.

 

[hailvictors2]

They’re in the emerging district for a reason… That’s where they want to be.

Wrong. Nobody wants to be in the emerging district.

 

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[o_runningback43]

I think it'll be interesting to see how the Sioux Falls schools will do against Omaha schools. My gut tells me that the Omaha teams will beat them pretty bad.

 

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Omaha, South Dakota high schools agree to football series for 2026-27 seasons

The executive director of the South Dakota high school association said Wednesday that five Sioux Falls schools will have home-and-home series with Metro Conference schools in football for 2026 and

omaha.com

The executive director of the South Dakota high school association said Wednesday that five Sioux Falls schools will have home-and-home series with Metro Conference schools in football for 2026 and 2027.

Nate Neuhaus of the NSAA, in the middle of statewide scheduling to be released Feb. 11, would not confirm the agreement.

"We've been able to find five Omaha games for five Sioux Falls metro area schools. (They) will all be playing an Omaha school for the next two cycles. It's something we've tried to get going for a number of years. We'll see how it goes here," said Dan Swartos, the SDHSAA's leader, at the group's monthly meeting in Pierre.

Omaha Public Schools district athletic director John Krogstrand, who formerly worked for the SDHSAA and will join the NSAA board next year, said South Dakota's largest class has nine teams, meaning in a nine-game regular season each needs to pick up one opponent for a full schedule.

Millard South and Omaha Westside are known to be asking for home-and-home series with teams from the Lee Summit, Missouri school district. Lee's Summit High won Missouri's Class 6 title last year.